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WorksheetsTTU Music Appreciation Quiz 2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Katarina loves disco music. She wants to bring back popularity to the genre by creating her own disco music. How can Katarina create a song that MOST accurately represents the disco genre?
She can use a catchy beat that encourages dancing.
She can incorporate a 65 to 85 beats per minute tempo.
She can leave out all vocals to create instrumental music.
She can use lyrics that take a strong political stand.
Elijah wants to write a pop song so that he can become a superstar. What is one thing he should to do in order to MOST accurately tap into the pop genre market?
Create a recognizable rhythm that encourages people to dance.
Avoid themes like love, relationships, break-ups, and romance.
Write a song that is longer than three-and-a-half minutes.
Defy the usual trends by making innovative and cutting-edge tunes.
Some aspects of Paul Simon’s Graceland involved the use of a cappella. How was this BEST demonstrated?
People sang without musical accompaniment.
People changed the rhythm of the written music.
People from many countries sang together.
People used aspects of performance practice.
Technology influenced the sounds of pop music in the 1980s. How was this MOST accurately demonstrated?
The microphone was used more often in songs than in previous decades.
The electric guitar was used more often in songs than in previous decades.
The drums and cymbals were used more often in songs than in previous decades.
The synthesizer was used more often in songs than in previous decades.
What is MOST likely TRUE about popular music?
It includes only three genres of music: rap, rock, and metal.
It considers the tastes and preferences of the middle class.
It has existed throughout the world since the mid-1600s.
It is not influenced by commercial or economic ideas.
How did MTV MOST influence pop music?
It encouraged artists to stop thinking about their images and focus on music.
It gave musicians the chance to visually market their songs to their fans.
It inspired singers to try to reach “The Hot 100” for the first time in history.
It made fans focus solely on pop music and abandon rock, rap, and metal music.
Which of the following is a well-known boy band from the 1990s?
Simon and Garfunkel
New Kids on the Block
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
In what way did early pop music use influences from past music to create its new musical sounds?
It borrowed from many children’s simple nursery rhymes and songs.
It featured the same instruments that a lot of blues music did.
It used a lot of older technology like synthesizers and drum machines.
It put a heavy emphasis on piano, violin, vocals, and flute.
The definition of pop music has changed considerably through the years. Which statement MOST accurately demonstrates this idea?
Bands like The Rolling Stones were once considered pop music, but are now known as classic rock.
In the 1960s, pop music and rock music merged to become one genre, known as pop-rock.
Pop music was once considered part of the popular music genre, but it isn’t any longer.
Once the radio became more prevalent, all songs on the radio began to be called pop music.
What happened to the music industry between 1973 and 1978?
The industry became twice the size it had previously been.
Record companies marketed single artists across multiple genres.
Genres of music started to merge and blend together more and more.
Rock music was defined more broadly and overlapped with other genres.
Arjun wants to hear some pop musicians who were famous from the 1970s. Who BEST represents music from this decade?
George Michael
Bing Crosby
Bill Haley
ABBA
Based on traditional themes for pop music, which of these song titles is MOST likely to be the name of a pop song?
Check It Out
Thunder and Lightning
Classical Sonata in B Minor
Missing My Bestie
In the 1960s, Anna’s grandparents always listened to rock music, despite having other choices available to them on the radio and in the record stores. What is MOST likely true about her grandparents?
They were looking for music that was accessible to everyone.
They enjoyed all types of popular music from that time.
They preferred anything that wasn’t classical music.
They liked authentic music that had a bit of an edge to it.
Mateo complained about the music at his high school dance. “It was all pop music. It was so lame and awful!” Based on Mateo’s review of the dance, what is MOST likely to be TRUE about Mateo’s taste in music?
He enjoys music that is more authentic and less mainstream.
He prefers songs that are very commercial.
He was hoping to hear more songs about relationships.
He likes music produced for a mass audience.
Sylvie has an assignment to write a report on a pop musician from the 1980s. Who is the BEST choice for Sylvie to write about?
Michael Jackson
Elvis Presley
John Lennon
Frank Sinatra
